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Your statement is correct, but doesn't tell the whole story. The issue is that Apple's relationship with its customers is simple: we make stuff, you give us mon
by JunkDNA 16y ago
Your statement is correct, but doesn't tell the whole story. The issue is that Apple's relationship with its customers is simple: we make stuff, you give us money for it. Google's model is more complex: we make stuff, you get it free, but you give us your data. I would much rather exchange money for a product than my personal data. Everything Google does requires me to turn over my data to them so it can be monetized somehow. That's much more Orwellian than anything from MS or Apple.
- nooneelse 16y agoSurely you aren't saying that Apple doesn't know what songs and programs users buy from them or the demographics to target iAds.
- avdempsey 16y agoYou can have all the demo information in the world. But if you're a new network with limited inventory, you aren't going to serve fine-tuned relevance.
- JunkDNA 16y agoThat's the same data every company has on me. But that sort of thing is limited. Google wants to mine my email, my photos, my calendar, and my documents. They also want to watch everything I read online via RSS. They want to dig into my voicemail on google voice. That is an unprecedented level of intrusion that I'm not sure I want. It is the primary way they make money. So they are forced to dig ever deeper to get better analytics to more narrowly target their ads. The incentives are aligned with them becoming ever more intrusive in their data mining. This level of data gathering makes grocery store shoppers clubs and Apple knowing what music and movies I buy pale in comparison. Here is a thought experiment: if tomorrow, it was announced that Microsoft was going to start mining Outlook calendar data to target Bing ads, what would be the reaction?
- pavs 16y ago> Everything Google does requires me to turn over my data to them so it can be monetized somehow. And Apple (or any other company) doesn't?
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